MTS1 SW Engineer, iOS, eBay Live

At eBay, we're more than a global ecommerce leader — we’re changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. We’re committed to pushing boundaries and leaving our mark as we reinvent the future of ecommerce for enthusiasts.

Our customers are our compass, authenticity thrives, bold ideas are welcome, and everyone can bring their unique selves to work — every day. We're in this together, sustaining the future of our customers, our company, and our planet.

Join a team of passionate thinkers, innovators, and dreamers — and help us connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all.

eBay Live Engineering builds and operates the real-time platform behind eBay’s live shopping and interactive experiences. We combine low-latency video, interactive chat, and commerce actions with robust trust, safety, and analytics—at global scale.
 

• Mobile System Design & Development: Design, build, and maintain high-quality, scalable, and reliable iOS applications and client-side architectures that support eBay’s marketplace experiences.

• End-to-End Feature Ownership: Own iOS features and components end to end, managing the full lifecycle including design, implementation, testing, release, monitoring, and ongoing maintenance.

• Production-Quality Code: Translate product and technical requirements into clean, efficient, maintainable, and production-ready Swift/Objective-C code, with a strong focus on performance, responsiveness, and user experience.

• Testing & Automation: Drive test-first development through unit, integration, and UI testing, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines for reliable and repeatable iOS releases.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with product managers, designers, backend engineers, and other mobile engineers to align technical decisions with business priorities and delivery goals.

• Code Quality & Standards: Conduct code reviews, maintain clear documentation, and advocate iOS engineering best practices, architectural consistency, and platform standards.

• Measurable & Reliable Mobile Engineering: Build testable, observable mobile features, leveraging analytics, logging, and crash reporting to support data-driven decisions and continuous improvement.

• Release & Operational Readiness: Support production releases and incident response for mobile applications, ensuring stability, performance, and a high-quality customer experience.

• Continuous Improvement: Evaluate design and implementation options, identify optimization opportunities (performance, memory, battery, UX), and continuously raise the technical bar across iOS projects and teams.

• Experience & Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience), with 6–8+ years of professional native iOS development experience.

• iOS & Swift Expertise: Deep expertise in iOS development using Swift and Objective-C, with strong command of advanced Swift features including generics, memory management, async/await, concurrency, and Combine.

• UI, Frameworks & Design: Extensive experience with UIKit and SwiftUI, with a strong understanding of Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) and core iOS frameworks for building polished, user-centric applications.

• Architecture & Platform Design: Proven experience implementing modern iOS architectural patterns and designing scalable, maintainable systems and shared codebases for large consumer applications.

• Networking & APIs: Strong experience integrating network services using REST, GraphQL, protobuf, streaming or pub/sub protocols, including migrations between networking stacks.

• Quality, Performance & Reliability: Experience testing iOS applications using platform tools, monitoring production systems, and improving performance, stability, and observability.

• Build, Dependencies & Delivery: Proficiency with Xcode, iOS dependency management tools (SPM, CocoaPods, Carthage), and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines in Agile environments.

• Technical Leadership & Ownership: Experience contributing to or driving technical strategy and roadmaps across domains, with strong ownership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

• Continuous Learning & Innovation: Self-driven, eager to learn, and passionate about emerging iOS and mobile technologies, with active participation in internal and external knowledge sharing.
   

When you join eBay, you join a company with a mission — to create economic opportunity for everyone. You’ll be part of a collaborative, inclusive environment where bold ideas are encouraged, learning never stops, and your work has global impact. Together, we’re shaping the future of e-commerce!

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